Simple isn’t synonymous with bad. Looking at much of the current superhero comics landscape, I’d say it’s quite the opposite. We all came to comics in our own way, but if you can recall the feeling of pulling old stories from back issue bins with essentially zero context for what came before or surrounded that story when it was first published, then you’re bound to appreciate “Endless Winter.” Each chapter of this seasonal event has delivered the ingredients that make back issue diving a thrill: exciting covers, clear characterizations and stakes, a potent mix of action and acceleration, and a story that doesn’t require a doctorate in DC Comics to comprehend. It has served up the perfect antidote to the indecipherable slog that is Death Metal and its penultimate chapter—Black Adam Endless Winter Special #1—is a perfect example of a simple superhero story done well.